Baseball Game Preview: Mansfield Tigers vs. Hackett Hornets

The Mansfield Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Hackett Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Last Tuesday, Mansfield came up short against Lavaca and fell 9-4.

Meanwhile, Hackett entered their tilt with Acorn on Tuesday with 14 consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 15. They put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 20-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.

Mansfield's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-8. As for Hackett, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.

Mansfield couldn't quite finish off Hackett in their previous meeting back in March and fell 8-6. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.